Proverbs 11:3
+ 11:3 the Alexandrine text reads: “The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the overthrow of the rebellious shall spoil them.” When a just man dies he + 11:3 Comp. Heb. leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
2Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:5Righteousness + 11:5 Gr. right divides. traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
Proverbs 19:3The folly of a man spoils his ways: and he blames God in his heart.
Proverbs 28:18He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled therein.
Isaiah 1:28And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:3
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Observe, 1. How he that exalts himself is here abased, and contempt put upon him. When pride comes then comes shame. Pride is a sin which men have reason to be themselves ashamed of; it is a shame to a man who springs out of the earth, who lives upon alms, depends upon God, and has forfeited all he has, to be proud. It is a sin which others cry out shame on and look upon with disdain; he that is haughty makes himself contemptible; it is a sin… Read the whole commentary →